Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2001, 5:31 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 29 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2001, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ward County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Kenmare, ND | |
| Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Kenmare, ND | |
| Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Donnybrook, ND | Tornado briefly touched down in open country. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KBIS 192231
TORBIS
NDC101-192300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
531 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENMARE...OR ABOUT 49 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CROSBY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
KENASTON AT 545 PM CDT
KENMARE AT 550 PM CDT
DONNYBROOK AT 600 PM CDT
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4872 10222 4856 10223 4855 1019M8 4846 10186
4871 10186
JVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Stutsman | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McIntosh | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Bowman | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, McIntosh | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Sioux | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Emmons | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | LaMoure, Logan | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Divide, Williams | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burke, Mountrail | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Ward | 30 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.